No Dream Impossible
Part 1 - Dreams Atop The Indigo Plateau
By Chris Devlin
AN: Ok peeps, here is part one of my new series. As you can see it's called "No Dream Impossible" and it will be at least three parts long. This is part one and is focusing on establishing the scene and various other bits of information, the story really begins to take off in the next few parts.. Enjoy.
Oh, and because she gave me a dedication and is feeling a bit down lately, Rachel, this
one's for you.
Karlie, I think you'll enjoy your cameo in this a bit more than you did in
"Start The Bidding At..."
Ash lay awake in his bunk, staring up at the ceiling three feet above him. The combination of nerves, heat and Brock's snoring proving to much for the young man to overcome. Tomorrow was the day, the day he would finally compete in the Pokémon League Final. Tomorrow he would be within a hairs breadth of achieving his ultimate goal. "The worlds greatest Pokémon master." he whispered to himself, contemplating what would be the most important match of his Training career. His mind raced as he tried to decide on his strategy. What Pokémon will I use? Will I be defensive or offensive? both were thoughts that crossed is mind more than once during the night. More to the point, What Pokémon will Tracey use? he considered. That had been a shock to them all. Tracey hadn't told them he was even going to be at the competition, never mind competing. Ash had been slightly less surprised though. Ever since Tracey had hooked up with his Pokémon Author girlfriend Karlie, they'd heard less and less from him, too wrapped up with the woman he loved to keep in touch. But tomorrow he would face off against him, one of his best friends. It wouldn't be like last time, when he battled Ritchie. Oh no, this time it wouldn't be essentially Ash Ketchum versus Ash Ketchum. Tracey battled differently, had different Pokémon, and had a girlfriend on the sidelines cheering him on. Ash reflected that Tracey must feel the same way about the first two. As for the third, well unless something spectacularly strange happens, I'm not going to have that. he thought to himself, glancing down at Misty's bed from his top bunk.
Misty tossed and turned in her bed. Not asleep, but not really awake either. The heat inside the room keeping her just uncomfortable enough to prevent proper sleep. Her head swam with images of her hopes and dreams, images from her past and present, as it often did when she was unable to doze off. It absently started going over the first time she met Ash. Unconsciously a smirk appeared on her lips, as she recalled hauling the young inexperienced trainer and his Pikachu from the river with her fishing rod. At first she'd been irritated by the boy with the irrepressibly optimistic attitude, but irritation gave way to tolerance, which in turn gave way to begrudging admiration, before blossoming into full blown love. Her mind decided to move onto another part of her past, namely the Maiden's Peak incident. You do know that's when he first began to have feelings for you, don't you? her mind questioned as it replayed the look on his face for her. The way he inhaled when you appeared in that outfit gave it all away. it added. Misty's smirk changed into a gentle smile at this. "I knew." she whispered out loud. "But it's never going to happen. Is it now?" she added.
Brock snored. And he snored, and he snored. Unaware of it himself. Occasionally the snoring would stop, only to be replaced by the mumbling of names. "Jenny. Joy." he said, filling the air with an immaturity not expected from an eighteen year old. Like the others his mind swam with thoughts and dreams. Unlike the others his were a bit more female oriented. His mind presented him with dream after dream of unlikely situations, most involving Officer Jenny or Nurse Joy, some involving both. One of the less perverse was running through his mind at this present moment in time. He was walking down the main street of Pewter City, the sun shining down on his back. Suddenly from out of the Pokémon Center that had just materialized down the street came Team Rocket, bounding down the street with a young Growlithe in their arms and a Chansey suspended in a net slung over there shoulders. Looking round he saw Ash and Misty paralyzed with fear, rooted to the spot and quivering in terror. Deciding he'd better take action he pounced on the criminals, knocking them unconscious and freeing the Pokémon. As he comforted the Pokémon, Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny both came running over Brock noted, in skimpier uniforms than usual. When they reached him he stood up and decided to act manly, puffing his chest out and staring up at the sky with a meaningful look on his face. The two women swooned and sighed as they watched him, eventually draping themselves over his shoulders and walking off into the sunset with him. Back in reality, Brock was drooling and giggling like a moron, unaware that Ash and Misty were now fully awake and watching him. Misty looked up at Ash, a look of disgust on her face. "Hmmph. Men!" she said before lying down and returning to her half-sleep.
Tracey stood outside in the cool night air that circulated over the balcony of his chalet, looking in the direction of the chalet that the others were sharing. He sighed, his mind running over his strategy for the next day. The timing has to be perfect. he thought. "Yes, the timing. It's all in the timing." he said out loud as he nodded to himself. "The timing for what?" came a female voice from behind. Tracey looked round to see Karlie walking up to him, a look of curiosity on her face. Tracey considered his girlfriend. She was slightly shorter than him, her glasses and blue eyes complemented by her brown hair. "Hmm. Oh nothing. Just the match tomorrow." Tracey replied. Good save, his mind said to him as Karlie smiled at him before putting her arms round him. Placing his arm round her they both looked out into the night. They had stood in silence for ten minutes when Karlie broke the silence. "So it's your old friend you're battling tomorrow huh?" she asked, knowing full well that the answer was yes. Tracey nodded. "Yep. I can't wait for you to meet him. You'll really like him." he told her. Karlie giggled. "Well, if he's anywhere near as great as you I'm going to love him." she said. Tracey laughed at this comment. "Believe me. He's great."
The girl walked up the road leading towards the Indigo Plateau, her legs aching from the amount of walking she'd done that day. Her short, slightly spiky blonde hair shone in the moonlight as she trudged along the road, her eyes permanently fixated on the ground ahead. Under her breath she muttered to herself. "Stupid Indigo Plateau. Why can't they have cars and buses like everyone else?". She continued on, never once looking where she was going, and so not seeing the lump in the road. "Honestly I mean all it takes is a few... Woah!!" she cried as she tripped over the bundle. "What the f..." she started but stopped when the bundle began moving and making noise. Looking around in panic she grabbed the nearest pointy stick and jabbed what now looked suspiciously like a sleeping bag. "Stay away. Demon!" she cried, using the term she loved for anything remotely dangerous or threatening. Backing up against a tree she watched as the shape, which did turn out to be a sleeping bag, wriggled about and a head popped out of the end. "Hey, what's the big deal?" said the guy with brown pointy hair as he pushed the sleeping bag off and stood up. The girl stuttered at first, "I, I , I didn't see you there.". The guy laughed momentarily as he brushed himself down. This guy is cute! she thought to herself as she looked at him. "So, uh, what's your name?" he asked her, snapping her out of the ditzy trance she had lulled into. "Hmm? Oh, Rachel. But uh, you can call me Rach." she replied, nervously fiddling with her hair. The guy seemed to consider this for a moment. "Hmm. Nice name. I'm Richie. Nice to meet you." he said, introducing himself.
AN: OK, so part one is done. I know it's short but this was more
about setting up the characters and the locations first. The next part should be
longer, and include much more story to it.
Karlie and Rachel, I'm only just starting with you two. You will be in it all
through the story (So if I upset you with something let me know).
Part 2, should be ready for next Friday at the earliest. If not it should be
that weekend at some point.
Anyway, read and review please.